Crash Course: When the hate comes home: It's not just an act with Tucker Carlson and Steven Crowder

Right wing pundits hide behind "just joking" when called out for bigotry — but no, they really believe in hate [View in browser](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmNhU_P0REaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvd2g2dnQ0N3I4cS8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTg3NXYwOWQyZW5XA3NwY0IKZFFAkFNkT2fGX1IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) Your daily update from [Salon](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmNhU_P0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvMjV3djNpOXB3ai8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTg3NXYwOWQyZW4mbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZFFAkFNkT2fGX1IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo). When the hate comes home: It's not just an act with Tucker Carlson and Steven Crowder Ever since he took the coveted primetime hosting slot at Fox News, Tucker Carlson has enjoyed a common wisdom belief that his grotesque bigotry is, on some level, just an act. Pundits who remembered Carlson from before, in his bow tie-wearing smartass phase, would often remark on how he remolded himself into a more white nationalist form to meet the Donald Trump era. While some allowed this version of Tucker might be the "real" one, mostly he was afforded the assumption that his bigotry was a costume worn for profit and political gain. [Read the rest from Amanda Marcotte.](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmNhU_P0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvNDZkdjgxMXlraC8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTg3NXYwOWQyZW4mbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZFFAkFNkT2fGX1IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images/Chelsea Guglielmino/Flickr/Gage Skidmore) Trump fatigue kicks in early: Polling shows growing GOP "exhaustion" ahead of 2024 The front runner for the 2024 Republican nomination for president, former president Donald J. 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